Conservative Group Denied Recognition at Drake University
Have you noticed that this never seems to happen to liberal groups?
The College Fix reports.
Conservative group called ‘hateful,’ denied official recognition at Drake University
A budding conservative-leaning and pro-free market student group at Drake University called Turning Point USA was recently denied official recognition by the student government over concerns its messages are “hateful” and “condescending.”
The group vows to fight the decision.
“This is the left at its worst. We will fight this to every extent imaginable. They will not silence us,” Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, stated Thursday in an email to The College Fix.
Hypeline, Turning Point’s website, noted that Drake University student senators, prior to the vote, cited the group’s public approval of pro-life and pro-Second Amendment stances among their concerns. Student senators also reportedly claimed the group is too aggressive in its marketing approaches.
The minutes of the student government meeting show student senators used words such as “hateful” and “condescending” in their description of Turning Point’s messages.
One student senator said they do not “feel comfortable giving an organization approval that has a hateful record,” the minutes state. Another said that because of Turning Point’s message, other campus organizations might perceive them as “condescending,” the minutes add.
Turning Point USA is a 4-year-old nonprofit that says it works to organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets and limited government. It has chapters at other campuses across the nation.
But the student senate at Drake University, a private school in Iowa, voted April 21 against their official recognition in a 15-3 vote, a local CBS affiliate reports. The group’s approval had been sought to enable it to easily reserve tabling space, book rooms for meetings, and access funds for speakers and events.
Prior to the vote, some in attendance argued the group was needed, saying conservative students at Drake University feel “marginalized,” the meeting minutes state.
Conservative group called ‘hateful,’ denied official recognition at Drake University (The College Fix)